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Wagner’s uprising has left a “huge hole” in Vladimir Putin’s authority, and Russia could “collapse” in a power struggle over Putin’s successor, senior lawmakers said. I.
Commons Defense Committee Chairman Tobias Ellwood (Conservative) and Russia expert Sir Chris Bryant (Labour) said Russia’s He suggested that politicians, oligarchy, security forces, the military and the public could turn against the president.
The head of the mercenary group, after an unusual series of events in which his troops captured the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don and Voronezh, the location of a Russian nuclear weapons base, before starting a march on Moscow, was forced to take control of the Kremlin and reached an agreement.
Elwood said Putin’s offer of asylum to Prigozhin in Belarus puts the president in an extremely vulnerable position because it is “not the Russian way” for leaders to crush their enemies. said.
He said the loyalty of the military and FSB security services to Mr Putin was now being questioned, suggesting that senior Russian politicians and oligarchs could act against Mr Putin.
Mr Ellwood said Britain and its Western allies now had to “monitor closely” the situation “because they have nuclear weapons and are trading with a nation that is dividing”.
“This is a game-changer for the war in Ukraine, and indeed for Russia,” he said.
“President Putin’s life expectancy is clearly limited, and the initial wound may survive for a while, but as Russian history shows, it sets off a chain of events that lead to the downfall of the leader. is common.
“Power is waning.
“The Wagner Group may be castrated and Prigogine deposed, but President Putin is clearly weakened and the hawks are now swirling.
“Despite state media saying otherwise, the stupidity of the war in Ukraine has become known throughout Russia.
“Russia thrives on having strong leaders, but when any leader is no longer seen as strong and capable of holding the country together, the Kremlin may very ruthlessly sack them. That’s what we’re seeing right now.”
He suggested that without a strong leader to confront external aggressors and internal conflicts, Russia could collapse and split.
“Russia is sometimes described as a snowball made of dry snow.
“The hand around that snowball belonged to President Putin, and he was holding the country together. When you remove that hand, the snowball falls apart.”
Sir Chris also said Mr Putin was fragile, suggesting that the only positive to be gained from instability might be an end to the Ukraine war.
“It’s not just a crack in Putin’s armor, it’s a big hole. It’s like he’s lost his breastplate, or his breastplate. This will not arouse the trust of the Russian people,” he said.
“There is nothing better in this. Everything is worse than that.”
Sir Chris accused Britain of not taking swift enough action against Wagner, despite the imminent decision on banning mercenary groups to enable legal action against Wagner.
“The UK has been very slow to take action against the Wagner group, not only in Ukraine, but also in Africa and elsewhere.
“And I think in the near future the Special Committee on Foreign Relations will put forward some recommendations.
“We have found some pretty amazing evidence of how they are financed and structured. has become.”
He came to Japan as the former Foreign Minister of the Conservative Party. Sir Malcolm Rifkind Mr Putin has suggested he will step down within a few months.
he said camilla tominy show In GB News: “Remember, after the Cuban Missile Crisis, Khrushchev was quietly removed by his Politburo colleagues and sent to his dacha to retire a year after the Soviet Union failed. was.
“Now at some stage, and these things tend to accelerate once they start, at some stage there will be a group of the most senior Russians gathered around Putin. It won’t even be a military coup, it’s a mixture of various factors.” I think I have come. “
Minister John Glenn said the aftermath of the uprising was an “internal matter” for Russia and would not affect Britain’s continued support for Ukraine, stressing that the government was watching the situation “very closely”.